- Occurred during the late 19th and early 20th centuries
- desire to overturn anything traditional or conventional
- break from traditional style of poetry and verse
- told in first person with irony and satire
- increasing industrialization and globalization
- Post WWI: people questioned the future of humanity, writers turned towards modern sentiments
- Inner self and consciousness
American Dream: Breaking away from traditionalism in order to rid society of its current flaws, to create a new society
- desire to overturn anything traditional or conventional
- break from traditional style of poetry and verse
- told in first person with irony and satire
- increasing industrialization and globalization
- Post WWI: people questioned the future of humanity, writers turned towards modern sentiments
- Inner self and consciousness
American Dream: Breaking away from traditionalism in order to rid society of its current flaws, to create a new society
Marcel Proust